TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for CLECKLER, MILDRED "MILLII" AUTIN Submitted by: Cynthia Daigle Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from July 13 to July 14, 2013 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= CLECKLER, MILDRED "MILLII" AUTIN ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2013/f1307.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Mildred "Millii" Autin Cleckler, 90, passed peacefully in her sleep at home Friday, July 12, 2013. She was born Dec. 13, 1922, in Houma to Gibson J. and Felicia J. Autin, the sixth of seven children. The family will receive friends and family from 9 a.m. until funeral time Monday at Chauvin Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with burial in Terrebonne Memorial Park Cemetery. She is survived by her children, Stephen Paul (Cathi) Konieczka, Dianne Konieczka (David) Bonvillain and Anita Konieczka Heck; sister, Rosemary Wolfe; grandchildren, Brett, Brian and Lauren Bonvillain, Eli, Dustin and Justin Konieczka; and great-grandchildren, Peyton and Sebastian Bonvillain, and Christian, Cullen and Lydia Konieczka. She was preceded in death by her husband, D.E. "Cleck" Cleckler; parents, Gibson J. and Felecia Dufrene Autin; stepmother, Augustine Pizane Autin; son, Frank "Mickey" Konieczka; son-in-law, David Talbot Heck; brothers, Gibson Jr., Arnold, Buford, Lloyd and J.C. Autin; and sisters, Audrey Buquet and Pearl "Pam" Miller. Millii graduated from St. Francis de Sales Academy in 1939 and graduated from Solei Business College, after which she joined the U.S. Marines where she served her country during World War II from 1943 to 1945. She was employed for many years at SLECA as assistant to the manager and retired in 1984. She loved the Lord and serving her church. She also loved going to garage sales and traveling with her husband in their camper visiting new places and meeting new people. She loved her family and friends who all will miss her deeply. The family is grateful for the outpouring of love, prayers and support in many heart-felt forms recently and over the years from too many people to name individually but including special friends, Verna Buquet, Ruby Ellender and Sheri Kaiser. The family is also grateful to her caregivers and friends, Claudette Hite, Leigh Ann Berthelot, Tina Robertson and the staff at Haydel Memorial Hospice, especially Carol. Falgout Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ======================